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Acts of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of New Mexico, Thirty-Sixth Session; Convened in the Capitol, at the City of Santa Fe, on Monday, the 16th Day of January, 1905, and Adjourned the 16th Day of March, 1905

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 edition. Excerpt: ...to give bonds with sufficient surety in not exceeding $10,000 to the people of the territory, conditioned for the faithful perform-ance of his duties, such bonds to be approved by the governor and solicitor general and filed in the latter's office. 9. He shall attend to the care, preservation, safe keeping and repairing of the arms, ordnance, accoutrements, equipments and all other military property belonging to the territory, or issued to the territory by the government of the United States for the purpose of arming and equipping the organized militia. All military property of the territory which, after a proper inspection, shall be found unsuitable for the use of the territory, shall under the direction of the governor, be disposed of by the adjutant general at public auction after suitable advertisement of the sale, daily for ten days, in at least one newspaper published in the English language in the city or county where the sale is to take place; or the same may be sold at private sale when so ordered by the governor. He shall bid in the property or suspend the sale whenever, in his opinion, better prices may or should be obtained. He shall, from time to time, render to the governor a just and true account of the sales made by him, and shall expend the proceeds of the same in the purchase of other military property, as the governor may direct. He shall be responsible for all the arms, ordnance, accoutrements, and other military property which may be issued to the territory by the secretary of war in compliance with law; and it shall thereafter be his duty to prepare returns of said arms and other property of the United States at the times and in the main-ner requested by the secretary of war. He shall, upon the order of the...show more